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The concept was created by advertising firm Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB) for a 1986 Sun-Maid commercial on behalf of the California Raisin Advisory Board when one of the writers, Seth Werner (at the time with FCB in San Francisco) came up with an idea for the new raisin commercial, saying, "We have tried everything but dancing raisins singing 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine'" (the 1968 song ...
Sun-Maid produces more than 200 million pounds (90 million kilograms) of natural raisins annually. Nearly half of all Sun-Maid raisins are packed for consumer sales, whether in a box, a bag, or a canister in varying sizes. The other half are sold as an ingredient to bakeries and cereal companies as raisin paste and raisin concentrate.
In the past two decades, raisin grape acreage has plummeted statewide from 280,000 acres, the bulk of it in Fresno County, to about 70,000 acres of conventional raisin grapes.
The California Raisin Advisory Board (or CALRAB) was a California state marketing commission based in Fresno, California that was created in the mid-1900s to coordinate the regulation and promotion of the state's raisin crop. [1]
The California Dancing Raisins may be gone, but the industry is still hanging on. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...
Articles relating to the fictional rhythm and blues animated musical group The California Raisins and their depictions. The characters were anthropomorphized raisins. The lead vocals were sung by musician Buddy Miles.
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The Raisin Grower Association disbanded immediately after Kearney's death. However, raisin production continued to be a hallmark of the Fresno area, and Sun-Maid, established as the California Associated Raisin Company in 1912, in large part continued what Kearney and the Raisin Grower Association began. Sun-Maid has continued as a privately ...